The Brookhaven leader., 1887-06-30

hand, at the same time with q gentle
hand, ought TO lead these little ones into
the light Of intelligence and good morals.
nwss q beautiful tableau when In our
city swarthy policeman having picked
up lost child In the street, was found
appeasing Its cries with stick OF candy
he had bought at the apple-stani. That
was well done and beautifully done.
But obi these thousands of little oues
through our streets, who are crying for
the bread of knowledge and intelligen ce.
Shall we not give it to themi
The officers Of the law ought to go down
into the cellars, and up into the garrets,
and bring out these benighted little ones,
and put them under educational in.
fuences; after they have passed. through
the bath and under the comb. put b for
them the spelling-book and teach them
TO read the Lords Prayer and the Sermon
on the Mount
Blessed are the p7or in spirit, for theirs is
the kingdom OF Heaven.
Our city ought to be father and mother
both TO these outcast little ones. As re-
ceipe for the cure of much OF the woe
and want and crime of our city, give
the words which Thorwal sen hal CHS
eled on the open scroll in the hand of the
statue of John Gutenberg, the inveator
Of the art Of printing:
Let there be light.
Still further: Reform itory societies are
an important element in the reCtifcation
of the public fountains. Without calling
any of them by name, l refer more espe-
cially TO those which recognize the physi-
cal as we'll as the mDral woes of the
world. There was pIthos and a great
deal of common sense in what the poor
a l.,
telling her what a very good woman she
ought to be.
"Oh," she said, "if you were rs hungry
and cold as l am, you could think of n 9TH
ing else"
believe the great want of our city is
the gospel and 50 m ething to eati Faith
and repentance are of flute Importance;
but they can not satisfy an empty
stomach You have to go forth in this
work with the bread of eternal life in
your right hand, and the bread of this life
in your left hand, and then you can touch
them, initiating the Lord Jesus Christ,
who first broke the bread and fed the null
tiude In the wilderness, and then began to
preach, recognizing the fact that while
people are hungry they will not listen, and
they will not repent. We want more
common sense in the distribution of our
charities; fewer magnificent theories,
more hard work.
Stin further: The great remedial in
fiuence is the Cos pei Of Christ. Take that
down through the lanes OF suff ring
Take that down amid the novels Of sin
Take that up amid the mansions and
palaces of your city. That Is the salt that
can cure all the poisoned fountains Of
pu bile iniquity.
Do you know that in this cluster of
three cities, Now York, Jersey City and
Brooklyn, there are great multitules of
homeless childreni You see | speak
more in reg .rl to the v ,uth and The chill
dren of the country, because old villains
are seldom reformed, and therefore l talk
more about tn little one. They sleep
under the Stops. in the burHe ,-out safe
in the wagons in the streets, on the
barges, wherever they can get board to
cover them. And in the summer they
sleep all night long in the parks. Their
destitution is well set forth by an Incl
dent
A city missionary asked one of them:
Where is your home"
Said he: II don't have no home, sir"
"Well, where are your father and
mother?'
'They are dead. sir"
IBID you ever hear of j ,sus Christp
''No, don't think | ev3r heard of him. -
"Did you ever hear OF God?"
eyes, I've heard of Co. Soma poor
people think it kind of lucky at night to
say something over about that before
they go TO sleep. Yes, sir, have heard
Of him"
Think of conversation like that in a
Christian city.
How many are waiting for you to come
out in the spirit 4 the Lord Jesus Christ
and rescue them from their wretch I'd
ness! Oh that the Church of God had
arms long enough and hearts warm
enough 10 take them upi How many Of
them there are AS l was thinking Of
the subject this morning, it seemed TO me
as though there was a great brink, AMI
that these little ones, with cut and torn
feet, were coming on toward it. And
here is group Of orphans. q fathers
and mothers, what do you think of thesn
fatherless and motherless little ones! NJ
hand at home to take care of their az
parel, no heart to pity them Said one lit
tie one when the mother died:
"Who will take care Of my clothes
nowl'
The little ones are thrown out in this
great cold world. They are shvering On
the BRINK Ike lambs on the verge OF a
precipice. D1as not your hluOd run cod
as they go over it!
And here is another Eroap that comes
On toward the prncl pee. 1LoT are chill
drcn of basotted parents. They are worse
Of than orphans. Loo6 al that pale cheek :
woe bleache l i. LOOK al that cash across
the forehead; the father struck 1t. Hear
that heart piercing cry; drunken
mothers blasphemy compelled it. Aud
we come out and we say:
40 We suffering, peelel and blster.d
ones, we come 10 help Von'
''Too late" cry thousands of voice3
1.-THE path we travel is steep down, and
we can't stop, Too late!"
And we catch our breath and we make
a terrific cutlery. 100 later is echoed
from the garrett to the cellar. from the
gin-sh0p and from the brothel TOO
later 1t is too late, and they go over
Here is another group, an army of neg
lected children. They come on toward the
brink, and every time they step one ham
dred thousand hearts break. The ground
is red with the blood of their feet The
air is heavy with their grosn9. Their
ranks are being filed up from all the
houses of iniquity and shame. Skeleton
despair pushes them Oh toward the brink
The death-knel! has already begun to
toll, and the angels of God hover like
birds over the plunge OF cataract.
While these children are on the brink
they halt, and throw out their hands and
cry.
'Helpl helpr
o Church of God, will you help4 Men
h,, of no